Elizabeth Anne Wasson

Background

Wasson, Elizabeth Anne was born on October 13, 1951 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Harry O. and Mary S. (Kennedy) Howard.

Education

Bachelor, Arkansas State University, 1974; Master of Arts, Arkansas State University, 1977.

Career

Teaching assistant, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, 1975; researcher, planner, Office of Youth Superior vena cava syndrome, Jonesboro, 1977; program administrator, East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, Jonesboro, 1977-1987; executive director, Arkansas Association of Area Agilysys on Aging, Little Rock, 1987-1990; executive director, Arkansas Aging Foundation, Little Rock, since 1990; editor, public, Aging Arkansas newspaper, since 1990. Board directors, vice president Nonprofit Resources, Inc., Little Rock.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Anne Wasson has been listed as a noteworthy Newspaper editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Justice of the Peace, Craighead County Quorum Court, Jonesboro, 1974-1976. Vice president Craighead County Young Democrats, Jonesboro, 1974-1975. Greene County delegate Democratic State Nominating Convention, Little Rock, 1980, 84.

Elected Arkansas's delegate Center for the Study of the Presidency, New York, 1975, 77. Member Daughters of the American Revolution, League of Women Voters (board directors), Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, hiking, photography, gardening, canoeing.

Connections

Married Calvin E. Wasson, August 8, 1970. Children: Sarah Elizabeth, John Calvin.

Father:

Harry O. Howard

Mother:

Mary S. (Kennedy) Howard

Spouse:

Calvin E. Wasson

child:

John Calvin Wasson

child:

Sarah Elizabeth Wasson